Supply Chain Planning Lead

## Supply Chain Planning Lead Apply:
US
- New Jersey
- Delran:
US
- Indiana
- Indianapolis:
Full time:
Posted Yesterday:
REQ
54440
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* Position Summary:

** Kraus is seeking a Supply Chain Planning Lead to establish, mature, and own the company’s supply chain planning capability as the business continues to scale. This role will create a single, data-driven demand signal across Sales, Product, Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations, improving forecast accountability, inventory planning, and cross-functional decision-making. The right individual will lead key processes and collaborate with stakeholders at Kraus and Delta to optimize working capital, customer service and operational costs  The ideal candidate is a builder and player-coach: strategic enough to design the process, governance, and executive rhythm, but hands-on enough to manage forecasting, analytics, assumptions, and planning outputs.

This role is intended for a manager who can influence across the organization, challenge assumptions constructively, and help move Kraus from reactive forecasting to a more disciplined, scalable planning model.  
** Key Responsibilities
*** Demand Planning Strategy & Ownership
** Collaborate with Delta and Masco Sister Companies to integrate Best Practices into Kraus processes.
* Develop the planning calendar, governance routines, forecast assumptions, and decision-making cadence.
* Build scalable data-driven processes that improve planning discipline and improve Forecast accuracy.
* Translate commercial strategy, customer trends, product launches, promotions, and market signals into an actionable demand outlook.  
* Forecasting, Analytics & Performance Management
** Create and maintain short-, medium-, and long-term demand forecasts using historical trends, customer insights, seasonality, promotional activity, and business inputs.
* Establish and monitor KPIs such as forecast accuracy, forecast bias, forecast value-add, service-level impact, and inventory health.
* Identify demand risks, upside opportunities, and forecast variances; recommend practical actions to improve outcomes.
* Develop dashboards, reporting, and executive-ready insights that support data-driven planning decisions.  
* S&OP / Consensus Planning Leadership
** Lead the monthly demand review and support the broader S&OP process.
* Facilitate consensus planning across Sales, Product, Finance, and Operations.
* Challenge and reconcile inputs from multiple functions to create one aligned demand plan.
* Present demand outlooks, key assumptions, risks, opportunities, and recommended decisions to leadership.  
* Inventory, Supply & Business Partnership
** Partner with Supply Planning, Procurement, and Operations to balance demand, inventory, service levels, lead times, and working capital goals.
* Help identify stock-out exposure, excess/obsolete inventory risk, and demand-supply disconnects before they become operational issues.
* Support scenario planning related to growth initiatives, major customers, product transitions, promotions, and supply constraints.
* Develop and implement safety stock policies that are scalable and optimize Kraus’s inventory.  
* Capability Building & Player-Coach Leadership
** Serve as the internal subject matter expert for demand planning best practices.
* Build tools, templates, routines, and planning discipline that can scale with the business.
* Coach cross-functional partners and any future planning team members on process, metrics, and expectations.
* Remain hands-on in the work while creating the foundation for a more mature planning function over time.  
** Ideal Candidate Profile
*** 8–12+ years of experience in demand planning, supply chain planning, forecasting, S&OP, inventory planning, or related disciplines.
* Experience…